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Location:

Preston,Id,USA

Member Since:

Mar 09, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:


2009 TOU Half Marathon 1:25:06

2010 St George Painter's Half Marathon 1:25:24

2011 Jan. St George [Painter's] Half Marathon different course 1:25:28

2011 Apr. Boston Marathon 3:03:24

2011 May Ogden 5K 18:18

2011 July 4th 15K Freedom Run 58:53

2011 July Deseret News 10K 37:12

2011 Oct St George Marathon 2:58:18

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 18 min. 5k

1:24  Half

 Sub 3 at St George in Oct.

Get injury free and stay that way

Set new PRs at all distances now that I'm 50

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

17:30 5K

2:50 marathon

Personal:

I was born in 1960

I started running in 2006

I am married with a 16 year old son [that lives with my wife and I] and a 30 year old step son and 25 year old step daughter

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.000.000.003.106.5016.60

     I wanted to get in at least one 5k specific workout this week and decided for me the best 5k workout is a 5k the week before the race. I ran a 5 mile warmup starting at 7:58 pace and progressing to 7:23 by the 5th mile. Then I changed into my racing flats and ran the 5k. I was planning to run it in about 20 min. but went a little faster in 19:27. Splits were 6:15, 6:22, 6:19, and :31. I had a slight tailwind the first 1.5 then ran back into the headwind the last 1.6.  I finished up with 2 miles at 8:12 pace. I am pretty happy with the result but I never really felt that great the whole time. Even the warmup felt hard. It might have something to do with the biking that I've added the past couple of weeks.

     Went for a 19 mile mt bike ride in the 93 deg afternoon heat.

Comments
From TBean on Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 14:14:29 from 63.241.173.64

Nice 5K speed workout!

From Scott Ensign on Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 16:05:29 from 65.100.247.120

thats a nice 5K time with no one pushing you. everything is harder in summer heat. i hate running hard in the summer. blech

From flatlander on Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 13:02:35 from 76.31.26.153

You're right, that should do it. Good luck on the "real" one.

From I Just Run on Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 08:35:39 from 67.79.11.242

Wow...! That's all I have to say.

Hope the race went well!

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